Improvement in washing-machine



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WILLIAM EATON, on `Nonwicn, New YORK.

`Letters1 atc'nt No. 10,6,14`4,'datcd August 9, 1870.

' u j" IMPROVEMENT IN WASHINQMACHINE.

" The .Schedule referred to in these Letters lPatent and making part of ,the same To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EATON, oi' Norwich, inthe county of Ghenango, and in the State of -New York, have invented certain new and usefullmprove- -ments in Rotary WVashingMachines;` and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being h ad to the accompanying drawing, and tothe letters of reference "marked thereon, in which drawing- Figure l shows a plantop view ot' my device; Figure 2, a. vertical longitudinal sectionon theline xnof iig. l; 'and i Y.

Figure 3, 'a detached portion, showing a partof` the crank and its incthodfof attachment. l Like letters of like kind. denote like parts in eac figure. p

` 'lhe object of my invention'is the cleansing of soiled clothes by placing them "wit-hin a cylinder having' numel-ous openings, which cylinder is rotated within a vessel containing boiling water;` and The nature of my inventionconsists in the coni struction and arrangement, upon the periphery of said cylinder, of certain bucketsfor conveying waterr l from the boiler and discharging it upon the clothes to be cleansed.

In the drawing- Areprcsentsa suitable vessel or Aboiler for contain.

ing water, and p I i B,a cylinder contained within said boiler, and flttin g pretty closely to itch all sides.

This cylinder is constructed of circular disks C and p C', `made preferably of tin, to the edges of which are secured numerous cross-bars, D,so placed in parallel order as to leave spaces Ebetweenthem, of width a' little less than that of the bars. l

A section, Ffof this cylinder, 1s hinged tothe re- `maining portion, and provided with suitable devices i'orfastening it in place, consisting of a staple 'c1.,'a hasp b, and a pin, c.

Four or more buckets,=G,`of`the form shown 1n figs. 1 and 2, are secured to` the periphery of the oyl when constructed and arranged as described and inder, having theiropenin gs, d, on the outside thereof,

and't-heir bodies4 curved inwardly and to the rear, so Vthat in rotating said cylinder in one direction, the

`lnickets'will scoopup the water; vbut in rotating the cylinder in the opposite direction, no water willenter them.. l

i These buckets are iprovided with a series of small circular openings, c, arranged in line ii'om'one end to the other, and so placed as to let all the water out of said buckets at a point nearly over the top center of said cylinder.

This cylinder is pivoted at the center'of its disk, G,

to one oi' the' centralV sides of the boiler A, in any suitable method. l

The crank H, passes through the opposite central side of the boiler, and through a suitable bearing,f, secured to the inner side of the boiler at that point, into a boss, J, secured upon the center ofthe disk C'. Where theend h of thecrank enters the boss J, it is provided with a right-hand screw, which enters into corresponding screw-threads in said `Kloss. In turning the cylinder by this crank inthe proper direction for work,.the crank, by its screw, holds firmly into the boss; but, in` turning the cylinder in the opposite direction, the crank is unscrewed, and ceases to turn said cylinder.

The crank has a suitable handle, Kfproperly secured to it.`

The boiler is also provided with a suitable cover, L, and handles M. Y

In operation, the boiler is iilled about half full of water, and put over a fire, and the soiled clothes are placed loosely within the cylinder, so as to ll it. A suiicent quantity of soap should also be placed. in the boiler, and when the water boils, the cylinder should be rotated from left'to right.

The buckets, as they pass along near the bottom ot the boiler, scoopV themselves full oi' water, and, in passing over the top center of the cylinder, discharge it in a stream upon the clothes. y The clothes, by this con stant immersion of every part of them in turn in the boiling water, and by the constant stream of boiling water falling from the buckets and penetrating them,

. and' by the constant motion of them within the cylinder, are speedily and thoroughly cleansed. l.

Having thus. set out the nature, description, and methodof operation of my device,

What YI claim as my invention therein is- The buckets G, provided withthe openings d and` c, 

